Humanitarian needs in Yemen are among some of the highest in the world. But despite this, the crisis is at risk of being forgotten.
“Yemen risks becoming a forgotten emergency,” says Johannes Van Der Klaauw, the Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen. “[And] yet, the scale of needs makes...

Drug abuse by young people is a growing problem in Yemen. With a US$100,000 grant from the Emergency Response Fund (ERF), a Danish Refugee Council (DRC) project is reducing the incidence of drug use among young people in the southern Yemeni governorate of Aden.
Twenty-year-old Ali enrolled in the Faculty...

The recent conflict in Amran Governorate, northern Yemen, has displaced thousands of families, disrupted livelihoods and destroyed houses and farmland.
“My family was first displaced to Khyar, Bani Suraim District, in late December [2013],” said 25-year old Naji Hudairi. “On 3 February...

United Nations Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has allocated US$95.5 million to sustain emergency aid operations in some of the world’s worst, yet most neglected, humanitarian crises.
This funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is the first of its two-part annual allocation for...